Govt to procure edible oil, lentil worth Tk 246cr for TCB

The government has decided to procure edible oil and red lentil for the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) at a cost of Tk 246.05 crore. The procurement includes Tk 142 crore for 90 lakh litres of edible oil and Tk 104 crore for 12,500 metric tonnes of red lentil. The proposal was

TCB to start selling 4 essentials in Dhaka from today

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start sale of four daily essentials—lentils, soybean oil, potatoes, and onions—in trucks at various points in the capital from Tuesday alongside its family card programme. These products will be available at half of the current market price. Secretary to the Commerce Ministry Tapan Kanti Ghosh said

TCB to start selling 4 essentials in Dhaka from Tuesday

The government will sell essential items like potatoes, onions, lentil and soybean oil at subsidized prices in the capital through open trucks. The low-income group people of the capital who do not have the TCB family cards would be able to buy these commodities. These commodities will be sold from tomorrow

1 cr families to get smart cards in TCB work: Minister

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Monday that they were working to provide smart cards in place of current family cards to 10 million low-income families to give them essential products at affordable prices. He disclosed the development while speaking as the chief guest at the opening ceremony of the second

TCB starts selling essentials to 1cr families

The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has resumed a campaign to sell essential items at a discounted price to some one crore low-income families for the current month of the year.Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated the drive at a TCB dealer shop in the capital's Agargaon Tuesday. Senior Commerce

TCB to procure 2.09 litres of soybean oil, 8000 MT of lentil

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the state-run marketing agency, will further procure a total of 2.09 crore litres (20.9 million litres) of soybean oil from local and international suppliers without any tender process. The TCB will also procure 8,000 metric tons of lentil through open tender. Cabinet Committee on Government

TCB to procure 2.75cr litres of soybean oil

State-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 2.75 crore (27.5 million) litres of Soybean oil from the local suppliers for its Open Market Sale (OMS) propgramme. Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a virtual meeting on Wednesday approved three separate proposals of the Commerce Ministry in this regard.

TCB to procure 2.20cr litres of soybean oil for OMS

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGO) in a virtual meeting has approved six proposals including two for procurement of soybean oil and import of fertilizer. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the meeting while other members of the committee attended it. As per a proposal, placed by the

TCB starts selling 4 essential items to 10m cardholders

Transparency International Bangladesh

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) started selling some key essential food items at subsidised rates to some 10 million (1 crore) low-income families from Monday. Four items - lentil, sugar, soybean oil and onion -will be sold to the one crore family cardholders across the country, including the capital, through

TCB to procure edible oil from local suppliers again

Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase approved some 10 proposals including procurement of edible oil by the TCB, and fertliser by BADC and BCIC. Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will again purchase a total of 1.65 crore (16.5 million) litres of edible oil from three local companies to run its open marketing